Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Looking Back at 50 Years of Stephen King
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Tommyknockers
The Tommyknockers by Stephen King is a science fiction horror novel about a Maine community whose residents are progressively altered and controlled by the otherworldly technology of an ancient alien spaceship unearthed in the woods.
Discussed“man I was dreading it and it is is a Visionary book it is a book like we said about there's an UFO that's been buried and a woman's an artist”
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On Writing
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King is part memoir and part practical guide detailing Stephen King's journey as an author alongside valuable advice for aspiring writers.
Discussed“in his book on writing he he writes this really beautiful passage about his desk and he talks about how when he got his office and we put in this big desk”
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The Stand
The Stand by Stephen King is an epic post-apocalyptic horror novel that chronicles the devastation of human civilization by a weaponized influenza strain and the subsequent battle between survivors aligned with forces of good and evil.
Recommended“I love a lot of Stephen King's books and I have I've probably read the stand particularly the onor bridge stand the most times and I think that it is probably the most influential book in terms of my writing and my storytelling”
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11/22/63
Stephen King's imaginative time-travel thriller 11/22/63 follows an English teacher who discovers a portal back to the late 1950s and embarks on a high-stakes mission to prevent the assassination of John F.
Recommended“I think a book like Revival or 112263 or girl who love Tom Gordon or these late career very recent in terms books I'd stack any of them up against carry The Shining the stand”
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Revival
Revival is a dark, haunting novel by Stephen King that explores obsession, faith, and the terrifying unknown, culminating in a chilling cosmic horror climax.
Recommended“I think a book like Revival or 112263 or girl who love Tom Gordon or these late career very recent in terms books I'd stack any of them up against carry The Shining the stand”
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The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King is a gripping psychological thriller about a young girl named Trisha who gets lost in the remote wilderness and relies on her imagined conversations with Boston Red Sox relief pitcher Tom Gordon to keep her sane and alive.
Recommended“also The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon is a short book it'll let you know if you're if you're buying what he's selling”
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Roadwork
Discussed“one was a book about a high school students who takes over a class is that was that I think it was road work”
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Carrie
Carrie by Stephen King is a classic horror novel about a bullied teenage girl who discovers she possesses telekinetic powers.
Discussed“one of the other things that happens in that episode that we see this character Juliet leading a book club discussion and they're talking about the book Carrie and one guy who's clearly coded as the jerk of the group says it's not even literature it's popcorn”
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Dolores Claiborne
Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King is a psychological thriller and dark character study centered on a Maine housekeeper accused of murdering the wealthy elderly woman she cares for, while flashing back to abuse and survival.
Discussed“or Gerald's Game much more than Dolores Clayburn is a horror novel dor Clayburn I mean Jesus like is it hard yeah”
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Cujo
Cujo by Stephen King is a classic horror novel about a loyal St.
Recommended“hey listeners read these Cujo 100% Cojo okay so give us the plot and then tell us why”
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Pet Sematary
Pet Sematary by Stephen King is a chilling horror novel that delves into grief, mortality, and the terrifying consequences of tempting fate.
Discussed“you never understand quite what the darkness and evil at the heart of pet cemetery say is but it is in there it is in the ground”
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From a Buick 8
Discussed“and you look at from a Buick gate cops pull a car over H weird no driver okay put it in their storage unit sometimes aliens come out of the trunk”
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The Colorado Kid
Discussed“you look at the Colorado kid which is a book in which like basically it's all about a mystery and at the end the solution of the mystery is nobody knows”
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Bag of Bones
Discussed“so Duma key he wrote a book a few years earlier called bag of bones that's very similar and the plot description could fit both of them”
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Duma Key
Discussed“but Duma really gets overlooked I think King as he was recovering from this accident which was brutal and a really tough one this guy has had an accident in the book”
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Apt Pupil
Apt Pupil is a dark novella by Stephen King included in his collection Different Seasons, focusing on a chilling relationship between a boy and a former Nazi war criminal.
Recommended“so if you're curious about stevenh King and would like a gentle introduction I strongly suggest going to different seasons and reading one of his novelas I would skip app puple”
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Different Seasons
Different Seasons by Stephen King is a celebrated 1982 collection of four distinct novellas that showcases the author's range far beyond traditional horror.
Recommended“so if you're curious about stevenh King and would like a gentle introduction I strongly suggest going to different seasons and reading one of his novelas I would skip app puple but the Shaw Shank Rita Hayworth and the Shaw Shank Redemption the body which Stand By Me is based on and the breathing method are all fantastic novelas”
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Rita Hayworth and Shawshank redemption
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption is a celebrated novella by Stephen King, published in his 1982 collection Different Seasons, which famously inspired the classic 1994 film adaptation directed by Frank Darabont.
Recommended“but the Shaw Shank Rita Hayworth and the Shaw Shank Redemption the body which Stand By Me is based on and the breathing method are all fantastic novelas”
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Shawshank Redemption
Stephen King's compelling novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, originally published in the collection Different Seasons, tells the story of an unjustly imprisoned banker who maintains his hope and eventually engineers a brilliant escape.
Recommended“but the Shaw Shank Rita Hayworth and the Shaw Shank Redemption the body which Stand By Me is based on and the breathing method are all fantastic novelas”
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The Body
The Body is a classic coming-of-age novella by Stephen King that follows four young boys in Oregon who hike into the wilderness to find a missing body, originally published in the 1982 collection Different Seasons.
Recommended“but the Shaw Shank Rita Hayworth and the Shaw Shank Redemption the body which Stand By Me is based on and the breathing method are all fantastic novelas”
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The Breathing Method
The Breathing Method is a suspenseful and atmospheric novella by Stephen King that was originally published in the acclaimed 1982 collection Different Seasons.
Recommended“but the Shaw Shank Rita Hayworth and the Shaw Shank Redemption the body which Stand By Me is based on and the breathing method are all fantastic novelas”
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Full Dark, No Stars
Full Dark, No Stars is a collection of four dark and compelling novellas by renowned author Stephen King, exploring themes of retribution, morality, and ordinary people pushed to extremes.
Recommended“also he did full dark no stars which is four novellas that are also really quite good”
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'Salem's Lot
'Salem's Lot by Stephen King is a chilling vampire horror novel that follows a writer returning to his hometown of Jerusalem's Lot, only to discover that the community is being systematically overtaken by vampires.
Recommended“give them it or Salem's Lot which I know you're not a fan of but I think the girl who love Tom Gordon probably is something that is why adjacent probably is a good entry point”
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The Shining
The Shining by Stephen King is a classic horror novel about a struggling writer and recovering alcoholic who takes a winter caretaker job at an isolated, haunted mountain hotel with his family.
Recommended“The Shining I always think is sort of like the big rush of full that full Sten King experience”
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The Long Walk
The Long Walk is a dystopian thriller novel written by Stephen King under the pseudonym Richard Bachman, depicting a grueling annual walking competition where contestants face fatal consequences.
Recommended“but my favorite one the one that I love the most is actually a Bachman book and it's called The Long Walk”
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Other mentions in this episode (40) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“and half a century after Stephen King's carry hit bookshelves he is still publishing more or less a book a year”
“this may we'll see his latest a collection of short fiction titled you like it darker which will be somewhere in the vicinity of his 80th book”
“as a reader I think I picked up it one of his longest books the one about you know Penny Wiis a clown when I was 10 years or so”
“when I think of all the books I could have been reading instead I mean I have yet to read the custom of the country for God's sakes”
“Grady Hendrick is the author of novels such as my best friend's exorcism the southern book club's guide to slay vampires and most recently how to sell a haunted house”
“Grady Hendrick is the author of novels such as my best friend's exorcism the southern book club's guide to slay vampires and most recently how to sell a haunted house”
“Grady Hendrick is the author of novels such as my best friend's exorcism the southern book club's guide to slay vampires and most recently how to sell a haunted house”
“I did paperbacks from hell I had a couple of novels under my belt and so my life changed tremendously in those five years”
“you've got Carrie Dolores Clayburn it goes on at Le's Story I mean Kujo he and so character is the primary thing for him”
“you've got Carrie Dolores Clayburn it goes on at Le's Story I mean Kujo he and so character is the primary thing for him”
“you've got Carrie Dolores Clayburn it goes on at Le's Story I mean Kujo he and so character is the primary thing for him”
“you've got Carrie Dolores Clayburn it goes on at Le's Story I mean Kujo he and so character is the primary thing for him”
“and you can read on writing and learn about closing the door of your writing room or how many words you should write a day or don't use adverbs”
“and I feel like with King you have the Blazing Earth years when he was on the come up and you have books like The Shining and the stand”
“and I feel like with King you have the Blazing Earth years when he was on the come up and you have books like The Shining and the stand”
“I think a book like Revival or 112263 or girl who love Tom Gordon or these late career very recent in terms books I'd stack any of them up against carry The Shining the stand”
“I think a book like Revival or 112263 or girl who love Tom Gordon or these late career very recent in terms books I'd stack any of them up against carry The Shining the stand”
“I think a book like Revival or 112263 or girl who love Tom Gordon or these late career very recent in terms books I'd stack any of them up against carry The Shining the stand”
“and you probably know this when his editor at the time following Carrie King so The Story Goes presented him with two manuscripts”
“or Gerald's Game much more than Dolores Clayburn is a horror novel”
“I'm thinking naturally of The Shining I'm thinking of Carrie of course it Misery the stand sha Shank Redemption”
“I'm thinking naturally of The Shining I'm thinking of Carrie of course it Misery the stand sha Shank Redemption”
“I'm thinking naturally of The Shining I'm thinking of Carrie of course it Misery the stand sha Shank Redemption”
“I'm thinking naturally of The Shining I'm thinking of Carrie of course it Misery the stand sha Shank Redemption”
“I'm thinking naturally of The Shining I'm thinking of Carrie of course it Misery the stand sha Shank Redemption”
“I'm thinking naturally of The Shining I'm thinking of Carrie of course it Misery the stand sha Shank Redemption”
“at this point in his career he writes a cell he writes uh which is very much his reaction to 9/11 and the Bush Administration and all that”
“same as in bag of bones but Duma really gets overlooked”
“you for some reason seem to love a book called The Tommy knockers which is one of three books that he published in 1987 that year he also published misery and he published the second in his dark Towers series a book called the drawing of the three”
“you for some reason seem to love a book called The Tommy knockers which is one of three books that he published in 1987 that year he also published misery and he published the second in his dark Towers series a book called the drawing of the three”
“you rewr a bunch you stopped before a book called The Outsider which I think is fantastic”
“and my first memory of a Stephen King book it it had to be pet cemetery which I felt very proud of myself for pointing out was misspelled on the as it would turn out quite intentionally so”
“and he gave me fire starter which was my my Stephen King's starter he said this is the least scary of Stephen King's books but I think you'll like it”
“and then the second book I said I want now I want to read pet cemetery and my dad said still too scary”
“then he gave me Salem's Lot he was like this is a good Gateway into the scary stuff and I love Salem's Lot even more than I loved fir starter”
“and then after Salem's Lot I think I finally was allowed to read pet cemetery and then I read Carrie”
“and had read everything that he'd written including on writing which is like his most personal kind of like autobiographical that and Don mob oh this is who I am and so I had a sense of the guy”
“was this a character in The Regulators like what what like how deep of a are we doing here as you rightly pointed out feel like we could talk about the Dark Tower Forever on its own podcast”
“not unlike the running man but in a in an entirely different Universe than the Running Man is basically it takes place in a not too distant totalitarian authoritarian”
“it's just hardcore Straight Up brutal violence and yet profound and beautiful and sad and weird and deeply upsetting but that's my favorite that is a great choice it's just hardcore Straight Up brutal violence and yet profound and beautiful and sad and weird and deeply upsetting with the exception of thinner there's no sort of like hint of powers”